Tuesday, June 05, 2007

wonderful

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You are wonderful
Far too wonderful for me
By Your mighty hand
Beauty displayed for all to see

In Your majesty
We adore You, King
With fear and trembling
We sing...

You are wonderful
You are wonderful
For You, my heart swells
You are wonderful

You are wonderful
The sunset warming the evening sky's arc
is but the faintest drop
of the beauty breathed into my heart

In Your majesty
We adore You, King
With fear and trembling
We sing...

You are wonderful
You are wonderful
For You, my heart swells
You are wonderful


I wrote this song a number of years ago and I think I've only played it live one time. So, I suppose it is kind of a 'B-side' type of song for me...one of my more obscure. Actually, all my songs are probably considered obscure, but whatever. My attention was, for some reason, just drawn to this one day. So I decided to recorded it. And really, I'm pretty happy with the outcome.

I wrote it after being inspired by Psalm 145 and specifically verses 3-6:

"Great is the LORD and most worthy of praise;
his greatness no one can fathom.

One generation will commend your works to another;
they will tell of your mighty acts.

They will speak of the glorious splendor of your majesty,
and I will meditate on your wonderful works.

They will tell of the power of your awesome works,
and I will proclaim your great deeds."

I began to think about God's 'mighty acts' or 'wonderful works' that truly moved me. And there is one that blows me away: sunsets. I can not tell you how much I love sunsets...and quite frankly, I don't really want to because it makes me sound like a chick. But I really do. I don't understand them. Why the colors? Why the beauty? Again, I don't want to get started on this...I've literally preached a sermon about sunsets before.

So, anyway, the song was born out of the line, "the sunset warming the evening sky's arc is but the faintest drop of the beauty breathed into my heart".

We may stare at sunsets and be absolutely amazed at the beauty of it all. But I think God looks at us and says, "Yeah, sunsets are nice. I did a pretty good job with 'em, I know. But you...oh you are the jewel of my heart. You are the beauty I can't take my eyes off of."

And that...as an incredible understatement...makes God wonderful.

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2 comments:

matt said...

Bill, we were blessed to worship to two of your songs this past Sunday. It was great, and by God's Holy Spirit (becuase Jake and I had no previous discussion on the topic) they were right on. Thanks for blessing us down here in Vegas.

Tim said...

hey bill.